North Korea reportedly arms fighters with ‘nuclear backpacks’ spraying uranium

The radiological imagery led to speculation in South Korean media that the packs might be miniaturized nuclear weapons, a claim that was quickly rejected by North Korea military expert Joseph Bermudez Jr.

“The backpacks are far too small for atomic demolition munitions (ADMs),” Bermudez told NK News in August, after studying close up imagery obtained by this site from Pyongyang.

South Korea holds largest artillery drills near North Korea border

SEOUL, South Korea –  South Korea’s army says it has conducted its largest-ever artillery drills near the tense border with North Korea. The army says 300 artillery systems deployed by dozens of military units along the border began firing shells at the same time on Thursday afternoon. It says North Korea’s military hasn’t shown any […]

North Korea’s deputy ambassador to U.K. defects from London

The second in command of North Korea’s embassy in London defected to South Korea with his family, officials in Seoul said Wednesday, describing him as “sick and tired” of Kim Jong Un’s regime. The defection, the latest in a string of high-profile escapes, constitutes an embarrassing blow to North Korea’s authoritarian leadership and potentially an […]

South Korea premier pelted with eggs, bottles over THAAD missile site

Angry residents in a rural South Korean town threw eggs and water bottles at the prime minister and blocked him for more than six hours Friday to protest a plan to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system in their neighborhood. Earlier this week, South Korea announced that the missile system called Terminal High-Altitude Area […]

South Korea Targets North’s Military Links in Africa

South Korea’s leader will visit one of North Korea’s closest allies in Africa this week as she tries to disrupt Pyongyang’s diplomatic and financial network to discourage its nuclear arms development. President Park Geun-hye’s trip to Uganda from Saturday through Monday follows a summit this month in Iran, another traditional Pyongyang ally, where she sought Tehran’s […]

South Korean Military Seeks to End Service Exemptions

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it’s pushing to end most of the existing military service exemptions for men by 2023 to cope with an expected shortage in manpower. The plan to phase out the exemptions beginning in 2020 would require support from other ministries and state agencies to be carried out, said a […]

Watch: Daring Fire Rescue by Off-Duty Airmen in South Korea

Air Force Master Sergeant Daniel Raimondo, took action outside of Osan Airbase, South Korea to save three women and three babies from a burning building. Msgt Raimondo rallied fellow Airmen, local civilians, and acquired a large blanket. The group then expanded the blanket and operated as a team to catch those forced to leap from the fourth floor […]

North Korea ready to halt nuclear tests if US stops military drills with South Korea

A day after North Korea’s foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, President Barack Obama said Sunday that Washington isn’t taking the proposal seriously and Pyongyang would “have to do better than that.” North […]